Frederick william jackson



(Medel.)

F. `W..J AGKSON. Wall Paper Exhibitor.

Patented Feb, 1

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,WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

WALL-PAPER EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,189, dated February 1, 1881. Application tiled April 27, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it 4known that I, FREDERICK WM. J Acx- SON, of Watkins, in the county of Schuyler and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Wall-Paper Exhibitor, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved wall-paper and sample exhibitor, by means of which any number of samples can be exhibited rapidly and advantageously.

The invention consists in a wall-paper or sample exhibitor provided with a series of single slats, to which the samples are attached, which single slats have a pin or stud projecting from each end, and are held in grooved endless guides of an upright frame provided with a transverse shaft having a driving-wheel mounted on one end and cog-wheels opposite each vertical row of studs, so that the cogwheels can engage with the racks formed by the rows of studs, whereby the slats are moved downward if the drive-wheel is rotated, and the samples are successivelyT drawn from under a holding-spring on the top of the frame and drop onto an inclined apron, and are exhibited with great advantage.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my improved sample-exhibitor, showing a part in longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionalelevation of the same on the line :n Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of the same on the lineg/ y, Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a detail cross-sectional elevation of two of the slats to which the samples are attached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The standards A A rest on base-plates B B, are braced by struts C G, and are connected with each other by the upper transverse piece, D, and the lower transverse piece, E. Boards F F, provided with a groove near the edges, forming endless guides G, are attached to the inner sides of the standards A A. The endless guide-grooves G preferably consist of two parallel vertical grooves connected at the top and bottom by a semicircular groove.

Each sample H of wall-paper, carpet, cloth, prints, illustrations, or like articles is passed around and attached to a slat, J, provided with studs or pins K K at the ends. A su cient number of said slats J to lill vthe guidegrooves G entirely are placed between the guide-boards F F in such a manner that the studs K extend into the guide-grooves G, as shown in Fig. 3. The front side of one of the guide-grooves G is provided with a hinged part, L, to admit of placing the slats J into the guide-grooves conveniently.

A shaft, M, is pivoted in the center of the guide-boards F F, and is provided with a drivin g-wheel, N, at either end, and with spurwheels O O opposite each row of studs K K,

which spur-wheels are of such diameter that their teeth take between the studs of the slats in the front and rear of the guide-grooves G.

The rear ends of the boards F F are connected by a covering, P, of cloth, wood, metal, or some other suitable material, which keeps the dust from the samples and also presses them against the slats, so as to present a better appearance of the apparatus.

An inclined apron, R, is formed between the struts C C by suitable transverse and longitudinal bars or rods, and a roller, S, over which the samples pass, is pivoted between the struts C C near their upper ends.

A bar, T, is attached to two springs, V V, which are attached to the top transverse piece, D, whereby the bar T presses onto the samples in the direction of the arrow a', holding the ends of said samples.

The operation is as follows: If the shaft M is rotated the pinion O will press the front slats downward and the rear slats upward, as its teeth engage with the studsK ou the ends of the slats J, and will cause the slats to move in the direction' of the arrows b b. The ends of the samples fastened to the front slats are under the spring-bar T, and as the slats move downward the samples are gradually drawn from under the said spring-bar and drop onto the apron R, pass over the roller S, and are then gradually wound up again on. the rear side ofthe apparatus. The backing P effectually protects the samples from dust and gives a neat appearance to the rear side of theapparatus. The spring-barT holds the samples in such a manner that only one can drop at a time.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

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claim as new and desire to secure by Letters I rier, provided with the studs K, in combinar 1o Patenttion With and operated by the spur-Wheels O 1. 1n a Wall-peper exhibitor, the eombineupon the median shaft, M, as andfor the purtion, with the endless carrier formed of a close pose specified.

5 series of slats, J, movable in guide-grooves G,

of the spring-bar T, the roller S, and the apron FREDERICK A MAM JACKSON R,a1l arranged substantially as shown and Witnesses: described. F. DAVIS, Jr.,

2. The series of slats J in e wall-paper eer- H. G. POPE. 

